Artiphon

company

About

Artiphon designs interactive musical experiences combining smart hardware and interactive content.

  • 11 - 50

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$2M
Industries
Consumer Electronics,Hardware,Music,Music Education,Musical Instruments,Social Media,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2011
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active

At Artiphon we’re designing new products to empower the next billion musicians. Our goal is to enable a world where everyone can be musical, where music is a universal element of our collective creative vocabulary.

INSTRUMENT 1 and Orba, our first two smart instruments, launched with record-setting success on Kickstarter thanks to thousands of people in over 70 countries. Both raised $1M+ in pre-orders, and the INSTRUMENT 1 was named a TIME Best Invention of the Year and a NAMM Best in Show. We are inspired by our incredible community of creators, relying on their insights and feedback as we evolve our products and create new ones.

Dr. Mike Butera founded Artiphon in Nashville, Tennessee in 2011. He holds a Ph.D. in Sound Studies from Virginia Tech, has toured the country as a multi-instrumentalist, taught as a professor of sociology, and consulted globally on consumer electronics. Mike’s doctoral research in the phenomenology of listening laid the groundwork for Artiphon’s design philosophy and patents, and he frequently speaks on topics of music technology and augmented creativity.

The Artiphon team is composed of designers, musicians, and engineers from groundbreaking companies including Space X, Blue Origin, Line 6, and Yamaha. Investors include Warner Music Group, Steve Case, TechNexus in partnership with Shure, and other industry leaders.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$2M
Artiphon has raised a total of $2M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 27, 2019 from a Seed round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Mar 27, 2019 Seed $2M 1 Warner Music Group Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
1
Artiphon is funded by 1 investors. Warner Music Group are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Warner Music Group Yes Seed